OUR DUNEDIN LETTER.

Cromwell Argus, 18 May 1870, Page 5

OUR DUNEDIN LE TTER.

(From our ovji lunedin, May The temporary exetement caused by the presence aramgat us of teer representatives, and subsequeH ’• .! ’*j the Premier, has subidedj and the tants of our fair cityire once more along iu the quiet ro tine of Before his departure,Mr Fox public twice ; once fo the eating the claims of lis and again to deliver at the new \t »■_! '‘‘-j This building is W ’V| and adds another to her of substantial town.

Iu educational maH taken iu the right diHH duction of drawing as* taught in our public sell] posely postponed any all fore, as I was desirous ol tion to report satisfactor matter. Mr Hutton, tb who came out from JH since under veral classes' in fruits are now labours, I some of his Pl^Hß9n| ness on the the leamers,flHHHHH| strong of the teac) 8}

The ProA _swing of but appearance lij seems to be a the honorahl much as no® for the House. HE!

for a '• -•_ ':J as follow*! I'*.\X| Pailway, ■■v<a•' :.>j works, an works, It sion is made in 1 by'f, priution for ei tla®’e. J-V'. :> -’0 the Oamaru ■great dissatjsfai’^B Twill not be allowed ’o some active measures being taken matters. Public woks are grownH|;|,k cessity in the Pro vine. The idle hands is again inroasing, coipcqc^HH on the ending of the iarvest, am| in event of no new gold-tikis being discovered ® I fear the ensuing wirnr will causi a great" i deal of want and destution among the J working classes. To-day my attention vas attracted by a considerable crowd of prsons assembled in the Octagon. On arrivig at the place, I found the would-be peoje’s friend, Mr J, G. S. Grant, presiding aa table on which was laid a petition to ti Superintendent from the uneru|)loyc^lj^,,^)^-^^!^ai M him the necessity® prosecuting public workr so as to find occupation for the (1 , How the Province is to do this in the sent state of its finances I cannot well see The difficulty is a great one and hard of \ solution, but that solution will shortly be rendered imperative, and then it is to be hoped that our Provincial statesmen will really put their shouldei’3 to the wheel for the accomplishment of the arduous tusk.

In the theatrical world wo have during the last >veek been favoured with Miss Dolly Green’s monologue performance, “The Seven Ages of Woman,” at the Princess’ Theatre. Miss Dolly Green is an old favourite with the Dunedinites, and her entertainment was extremely

troilised. I cannot say ing, but some of''her i ui]>ersouat^HHH first-class ; for instance, Lottie the simple, pretty, country Mrs Pitzsmytho Smythe, the lady or AghM degree, who had married plain Mr Sidtls| for the sake of the “ one thing needful.’ In a few days, I presume, the public will be presented with Mr J. T. Thomson's report on the best means of preventing floods in the Taieri. lam informed hup good authority that his idea is to divert the present course of the river for some considerable distance. The expense of such a work Would be something ontvv inous, but the interests pecuniary point of